Join writer, editor, critic, curator and former academic, Peter Simpson for his insight into the work produced by Colin McCahon on his arrival in Auckland in 1953.
Enjoy a musical celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation by the Oratorio Choir of the New Zealand Chinese Church Music Association, conducted by Dr. Nelson Wu.
Beautifully filmed by New Zealand nature photographer Richard Sidey over the past decade throughout the Earth’s polar regions, Speechless – The Polar Realm is a non-verbal visual meditation of light, life, loss and wonder at the ends of the globe.
This short documentary looks at the convoluted history of Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, originally commissioned by a resident of Lewes at the beginning of the 20th century and now in the collection of Tate.
In the 1940s, three brothers decided to join the Roncador-Xingu Expedition. The film shows their struggle to create the 'Xingu National Park', the first large Indian reserve in Brazil and the efforts made to save entire indigenous tribes.
Enjoy an performance of Gurmat Sangeet by Daljeet Kaur and her students from the Rhythm School of Indian Music followed by a performance by the Akal Khalsa Sikh Martial Arts Academy.
Join Dr Misha Kavka, Associate Dean, Media and Communication, University of Auckland, for a revealing look at the images that art and the media confront, seduce, manipulate and titillate us with.
Painting conservator Carolina Izzo discusses the intriguing events surrounding some of the works in The Corsini Collection and the extraordinary methods used by the Renaissance and Baroque artists to make their paint.
Enjoy the stunning voices of The Gay and Lesbian Singers (GALS) when they return to perform as part of the Gallery's support of the Auckland Pride Festival 2016.
An unprecedented look behind the scenes of two of New York’s premier cultural events, The First Monday in May follows the creation of the most attended fashion exhibition in the history of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the 2015 Met Gala.
Perhaps not the chamber music you’d expect to accompany Auckland Art Gallery’s latest exhibition The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence, the live entertainment for this series of Open Lates showcases the talents of some of the new Renaissance people in the local music scene.
Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art discusses the work of the French artist Henri Gaudier-Brzeska who enlisted at the start of the First World War with the French Army.
The Revolution of Juan Escopeta is an animated film telling the sad story of Gapo, a child living in Guanajuato during the Mexican Revolution (1910–1918).
A screening of the documentary on the great Spanish artist, written and presented by the late Robert Hughes, one of the world’s leading art critics and Goya specialists.
This short documentary looks at the convoluted history of Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, originally commissioned by a resident of Lewes at the beginning of the 20th century and now in the collection of Tate.
A tragic love story set at the turn of the millennium in Milan starring Tilda Swinton. The film follows the fall of the haute bourgeoisie due to forces of passion and unconditional love.
Join Caroline McBride, Gallery Librarian and Archivist, for a fascinating insight to the archives and explore the role of the original in our increasingly digital world.
Free screening of Oscar Enberg's new short film Red Beryl and crocodile, Opal (Irrational Exuberance in the White Man’s Hole). The film will be followed by a Q&A with the artist and Natasha Conland, Curator, Contemporary Art.
Join Dr Robin Woodward, Senior Lecturer Art History, University of Auckland as she discusses how the classical ideal of the nude maintained its hold over 19th century Western art. This was soon to be thrown out in the early part of the 20th century by a young Spaniard painting in Paris.
The Blue Angel is an unsparing account of a straight-laced, bourgeois schoolteacher, Professor Rath, and his obsession with Lola Lola, a cabaret dancer.
Marti: The Passionate Eye traces the dramatic personal story of Marti Friedlander (1928–2016), one of New Zealand’s leading photographers, alongside the major social changes she recorded.
Join BA Art History Honours student, Alicia Taylor as she discusses the political relationship between Florence and Paris within a broader context of the works in The Corsini Collection.
Join Professor Bell as he discusses the portraiture of Lindauer in relation to the 19th century migrant artist painting in a colony of the then, expansive British Empire.
Join Auckland Art Gallery Senior Curator Mary Kisler for a three-part course exploring Florentine life through Renaissance and Baroque artworks in The Corsini Collection.
Join Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, for a series of short talks on new exhibition The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence.
Join Dr Mark Stocker, Curator, Historical International Art, Te Papa Tongarewa, and noted commentator on Rodin, who will peel back the layers of The Kiss and other artworks by revealing the stories behind the man and his masterpieces.
Join us for bespoke cocktails by Michael Dearth (restaurateur Baduzzi, The Grove), and with sound by Samuel Holloway, to celebrate the unveiling of the concept model with the artist, and to learn more about the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation.
This short documentary looks at the convoluted history of Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, originally commissioned by a resident of Lewes at the beginning of the 20th century and now in the collection of Tate.
This short documentary looks at the convoluted history of Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, originally commissioned by a resident of Lewes at the beginning of the 20th century and now in the collection of Tate.
This course will explore the form and content of Manifesto, a collage of artistic declarations from the past reinterpreted to provoke timeless questions about the gendered, social and political contexts that shape the artist’s role in society.
The invited jury for the 2018 Walters Prize discuss the four finalist’s works that were chosen by them as the most outstanding contributions to contemporary art in New Zealand during the last two years.
AUT Universty Senior Lecturer Miriam Harris places the illustrations of the great 19th century French political commentator, Honoré Daumier in context with the work of other caricaturists.
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